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Mickey Chaimovich

Miki Haimovich is an Israeli journalist and television news presenter who served as a Knesset member for Blue and White from 2019 to 2021.

born 1962Anchoring Channel 2 and Channel 10 newsFounding Meatless Monday IsraelBlue and White Knesset member

Born: 15 June 1962, Tel Aviv
Occupation: television presenter, journalist, news presenter, politician
Party: Blue and White Israel Resilience Party
Education: Tel Aviv University

Mickey Chaimovich was born in 1962 in Tel Aviv

Michal (Miki) Haimovich was born on 15 June 1962 and grew up in Tel Aviv. Her father Arnold came from Romania and her mother Simone from Turkey. She was a member and later a counselor in the Scouts movement.

She served in the IDF as a squad commander and later as an officer, commanding a company at Training Base 12. After her discharge she worked briefly as an El Al flight attendant. She earned a BA in political science from Tel Aviv University.

She began as a researcher for Channel 1 programs. In 1990 she started presenting and editing the news on the Matav cable channel, later becoming chief editor. She anchored the main Channel 2 news with Ya'akov Eilon, moved with him to Channel 10 in 2002, and left in June 2011.

In 2012 she launched Meatless Monday Israel. From December 2013 she presented the investigative program HaMaarechet on Reshet. She entered the Knesset in 2019 with Israel Resilience in Blue and White, chaired the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee, and was left off the list for 2021 after voting against a budget extension.

Milestones in Mickey Chaimovich's life

1962
Born in Tel Aviv.
1990
Began presenting and editing news on the Matav cable channel.
2002
Moved to anchor the main news on Channel 10.
2011
Presented her last Channel 10 newscast and received the Kinneret Prize.
2012
Launched Meatless Monday Israel.
2013
Began presenting the investigative program HaMaarechet.
2019
Elected to the Knesset for Blue and White.
2023
Named an environmental figure by the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences.

Mickey Chaimovich served in the military

She served in the IDF as a squad commander and then as an officer commanding a company at Training Base 12. She was an officer in the evacuation of Yamit and served several years in the career army.